Astronauts & other stories
By: Matthew Iribarne.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Astronauts and other stories
Description: "In "Astronauts," the title story, two brothers - one manic depressive and the other just divorced - drive across the country in a last-ditch attempt at reconciliation. In "Make Them Laugh," a priest is put on parole for crashing his car into a police vehicle, and keeps his tooth in a jar to remind himself what drinking seven glasses of whisky can do. "Ross Willow's New and Used Cars" centers on a used car salesman who loses his son in the Vietnam War, then his family in the aftermath.

In "The Clear Blue Water," a San Francisco cabdriver finds himself stranded in the middle of the El Centro desert, meeting his past where he thought he might escape it. "Wedding Dance" introduces us to a family and slowly reveals each member, their individual hopes and aspirations, and the inexorable ties between them."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Astronauts; title: Make them laugh; title: Sudden mysteries; title: The gift; title: The sun in the sky; title: A dream, not alone; title: The clear blue water; title: Ross Willow's new and used cars; title: Wedding dance.